Stay Free Forever

About Stay Free Forever

Stay Free Forever is a monthly podcast aimed at helping people, especially those who are currently and formerly justice-involved, to remain free and avoid incarceration or re-incarceration. We do this by talking about replacing risky thinking and behavior with sound, positive pro-social choices. Each discussion is guided by former corrections and parole officer Clifford Fewel, a journalist, writer, speaker and owner of the cognitive behavioral education company Stay Free Forever LLC.

Publisher

Clifford Fewel

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Feb 2023

Latest episode

2 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Jul 2026

   SFF Podcast E20 - America Unfinished: Harvard Law's Alexandra Natapoff on the state of our union as told by her peers

   Professor Natapoff speaks with Clifford Fewel of  ⁨@StayFreeForeverPodcast⁩  about 64 Harvard Law School professors who were invited to sound off — with a catch — in their areas of expertise: rule of law, economies, workers, markets, AI, all of it. The catch? 1,200 words max, no footnotes, and due in two weeks. For our nation's 250th birthday, America Unfinished was written and edited in record time and published by MIT Press with the goal of inviting Americans and the world to think of this country in new ways so that we might step up and preserve the consent of the governed. In January of 2027 the book will be open access and free online to everyone via MIT Press.

2. 

   19 Mar 2026

   Why not suicide? So many reasons. SFF Podcast E19: Jamie Bolte

   US Army veteran, spouse, mother, community leader and suicide attempt survivor Jamie Bolte talks about her own near miss and the loss of those close to her to suicide, and how to bring sunlight and real listening to the task of preventing more.

3. 

   9 Jun 2025

   SFF E18: Investigative journalist and author Claudia Rowe on the dismal state of US foster care

   Investigative journalist Claudia Rowe discusses the failures of the US foster care system and advocates for accountability and better support for at-risk teens in this interview.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

6

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60